This video examines every unanswered question in the MCU, from the abandoned Kang Dynasty plan to the post-credits scenes that led nowhere.
Marvel Studios has spent more than a decade planting story threads, and many of them were cut, paused, or quietly set down without resolution. This long-form breakdown sorts those loose ends into three distinct categories: plans that were deliberately abandoned, doors held open on purpose for films that never arrived, and threads the studio appears to have simply forgotten. Each one is examined in the order it was made, tracing what was promised on screen or on stage and what actually followed.
What's covered in this video:
The retitling of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to Avengers: Doomsday, announced by Kevin Feige at the Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 27, 2024, alongside Robert Downey Jr. appearing in the mask and armor of Doctor Doom.
Jonathan Majors' December 18, 2023 conviction on third-degree assault and second-degree harassment charges involving Grace Jabbari, and Disney and Marvel Studios ending his run as Kang the Conqueror and He Who Remains that same day.
Why Marvel discarded the Kang plan rather than recasting, pivoting Doomsday and Secret Wars toward Victor Von Doom while keeping the December 2026 and December 2027 release dates.
The Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness mid-credits scene where Charlize Theron appears as Clea and pulls Strange into the Dark Dimension, a setup no film has yet followed.
The Eternals post-credits introduction of Eros, also called Starfox, the brother of Thanos, played by Harry Styles, and his replacement by a different actor in the 2024 interactive special What If...? An Immersive Story.
The Watcher's arc across three seasons of What If...?, from Uatu's origin in Fantastic Four number thirteen by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, through the Prosilicans and the Watchers' vow of non-interference.
The breaking of that oath in What If... Ultron Won? and What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?, the assembling of the Guardians of the Multiverse including Captain Carter, Star-Lord T'Challa and Doctor Strange Supreme, and Arnim Zola overwriting Ultron from the inside.
Uatu's trial before the Eminence, the Incarnate and the Executioner in the season three finale, citing Nick Fury, Reed Richards and Madisynn King, and a verdict resolved by conversation rather than punishment.
The hole at the center of the Time Variance Authority origin in Loki, including the Time-Keepers exposed as androids, Miss Minutes built to spread a false founding story, and the question of who pruned the first branches before the TVA existed.
The real-world origin of the TVA in Thor number three hundred seventy-two, created by Walt Simonson and Sal Buscema as a satire of Marvel's own bureaucracy, with clerks drawn as clones of Mark Gruenwald.
The Secret Invasion finale "Home" and Nick Fury's unfulfilled promise to Talos and the Skrulls.
Mentioned in this video: Kang the Conqueror, He Who Remains, Loki, Sylvie, Doctor Strange, Clea, Charlize Theron, Dark Dimension, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars, Kevin Feige, San Diego Comic-Con, Hall H, Robert Downey Jr., Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Iron Man, Jonathan Majors, Grace Jabbari, Disney, Marvel Studios, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Eternals, Eros, Starfox, Thanos, Harry Styles, What If...? An Immersive Story, Uatu the Watcher, Fantastic Four number thirteen, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Prosilicans, Ultron, Infinity Stones, Doctor Strange Supreme, Guardians of the Multiverse, Captain Carter, Peggy Carter, Steve Rogers, Star-Lord T'Challa, Killmonger, Party Thor, Gamora, Arnim Zola, Hydra, Kahhori, the Eminence, the Incarnate, the Executioner, Nick Fury, Reed Richards, Madisynn King, Time Variance Authority, Sacred Timeline, Alioth, Time-Keepers, Miss Minutes, Mobius, Citadel at the End of Time, Temporal Loom, Glorious Purpose, Eric Martin, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Thor number three hundred seventy-two, Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema, Mark Gruenwald, Tennessee Valley Authority, Secret Invasion, Talos, Skrulls, Disney Plus
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Kang Dynasty: Erased Promise
10:20 The Watcher's Broken Oath
20:41 Who Built The TVA?
31:02 Secret Invasion's Broken Promise
40:26 Arishem's Verdict Never Came
48:54 Shang-Chi's Beacon To Nowhere
57:22 Moon Knight's Hidden Third Self
1:06:10 Wanda: Neither Dead Nor Alive
1:16:10 She-Hulk Breaks The Franchise
1:26:31 Orphaned Kang Setups
1:35:55 Thunderbolts And The Void
1:45:20 Red Hulk's Public Reckoning
1:54:44 What Actually Pays Off
